FP Annual Meeting & Elections

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1 Box 41 Mendham, NJ NEWSLETTER Hear Ye, Hear Ye, CALLING ALL MEMBERS! FP Annual Meeting & Elections The Folk Project s Annual Meeting wil take pace on Tues., Dec. 1 at 8pm at the Chimney Rock Inn in Gillette. All members are welcome to this seasonal event, where Project members pat ourselves on the back, vote in next year s board members whilst breaking bread and sharing a few pitchers of beer and rootbeer. An optional buffet-style dinner will precede the meeting, starting at 7pm. You don t have to pay anything if you re just coming to the meeting. For dinner, attendees pay $15 (the FP will pick up the rest). This includes the meal plus soft drinks. There is a cash bar. The Chimney Rock Inn is located at 342 Valley Rd., Gillette. We ll be in the upstairs room. Time is 6:30pm for dinner, 8pm for the Annual Meeting. If you plan on joining us for dinner, please RSVP to the Mayor of Music Town, Mark Schaffer, by Dec. 1, at president@folkproject.org or (973) To find out more about your board of directors and nominees for 2010, read the article on Page 10. FP All-Purpose Holiday Party Sat., 12/12, 8pm hosted by Judy & Ken There s no merrier event during the holiday season than the annual Folk Project All-Purpose Holiday Party. This year, join Judy Hagan and Ken Galipeau for a stiff dose of holiday cheer. Bring food for a POT LUCK/beverages, as well as music to share, to 37 Valley View Drive, Rockaway, (973) IMPORTANT: People will be asked remove their shoes so please bring slippers or wear socks that won t embarass you. Directions: Make your way to Route 80 Exit 37 CR-513 / Hibernia / Rockaway) (just after Denville going west, just after Rockaway Mall going East). Turn North onto CR-513 Hibernia Ave or Green Pond Road for about 0.5 miles At Sanders (traffic Light) take a left and go 0.5 miles. Turn right on to Omaha Ave and go 0.1 mile. Turn right on to Valley View Dr and go 0.1 mile. 37 Valley View is on the right just before the big grove of trees.

2 December 2009 The Minstrel Acoustic Concert Series presented by The happenstance of holidays falling on Fridays makes for a light schedule for the Minstrel in December. But a lovely one nonetheless. Fri., Dec. 4: Chorus Song Night featuring Jean Rohe, Phil Shapiro & Carrie Shore, and Mike Agranoff This annual tradition is indicative of the fact that the Minstrel s parent organization, The Folk Project, has always been well populated by musicians and singers. Here is a night for you, the audience, to sing. It will be a program of songs with choruses, refrains, opportunities for harmony, and all the joys of singing with others. The songs will be either familiar to most, or readily picked up on the fly. They will be led round-robin fashion by three acts with a great repertoire of this sort of material: Jean Rohe has been singing with her family and her friends since she was five years old, and performing since she was 8. Now in her early 20s, she has branched out musically into such diverse fields as jazz and South American music. But she remembers her roots singing with the Rohe Family Band, and with the Folk Project. Phil Shapiro and Carrie Shore from Ithaca NY are oldschool folkies. With a vast repertoire of songs from the great Folk Revival era, enthusiastic singing, and fiddle and guitar accompaniment, they have led the late night singing sessions at the Old Songs Festival for many years. Mike Agranoff, program chairman of the Minstrel has been a part of Chorus Song Night since the Minstrel s first one in He also has a great repertoire of familiar songs, and songs you know even if you didn t know you knew them. Fri., Dec. 11: Open Stage This is an opportunity for all acoustic musicians and singers to perform a 15-minute set. Under the direction of our host, SCOOTER, our Open Stages have gained a reputation as a welcoming and respectful venue that has attracted traveling professionals as well as the area s local musicians. For info on performing at the Open Stage, visit The Open Stage is also a fascinating window on a musical community that is never seen by most of us non-musicians. The interplay, the comeraderie, and various motivations of those on stage are often as delightful as the music itself. From the obviously experienced traveling performer looking for (and sometimes getting) a gig, to the 14-year-old kid playing for the first time in front of an audience who is there specifically to hear her, our performers present a delightful spectrum of people taking folk music from the kitchen to the stage. Fri., Dec. 18: closed It just gets too crazy the week before Christmas. Fri., Dec. 25: closed Merry Christmas! Fri., Jan 1, 2010: closed Happy New Year! UPCOMING: 1/8: Open Stage; 1/15: The Frank Vignola Trio: amazing jazz guitar; 1/22: Aztec Two-Step: classic folk duo from the 70 s; 1/29: Dugan s Hooligans: family irish band (rescheduled from )ctober); 2/5: legendary Scottish songster Archie Fisher; 2/12: Folk Project Valentine s Show; 2/19: funny man John Forster: following in the footsteps of Tom Lehrer; 2/26: songwriting and vocal improv from Martin Swinger; 3/5: legendary fiddle and bass duo Jay Ungar & Molly Mason; 3/12: Open Stage; 3/19: Red Molly The Minstrel is an acoustic music concert series run by the Folk Project, a non-profit folk music and arts organization. We use the facilities of the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ. We hold shows almost every Friday, year round, and the second Friday of the month is usually an open stage/audition night. The music we present is folk music in its broadest sense. That is, in addition to traditional American and ethnic folk music (in its purist definition), we welcome music of contemporary, primarily acoustic songwriters, and other types of music more folkie in attitude than in content. Shows start at 8pm; dress is casual. We serve coffee, teas, and baked goods. There is no alcohol or tobacco on the premises. Admission is inexpensive; on our regular Friday concerts we ask $7.00 on your way in, and, if you feel the show was worth it, an additional amount at your discretion on the way out, which goes to supplement what we pay the feature performer. Children under 12 are free. For travel information, or information on shows call or visit our website at To volunteer call Sandie at (908) volunteers@folkproject.org Sat., Dec. 5: Ridge Kennedy & Flappityback Bruce Whistance guitar; Gail Whistance fiddle; Ed Seliger mandolin, pennywhistle; Pete Redmond bass Contras and Squares This old man, he played one; He played knick-knack on my thumb. With the band Flappityback, Give a dog a bone; This man Ridge, he played two; He calls contras for my shoe. With the band Flappityback, Playing tone on tone; Kennedy, he played three; With figures that twist my knee. And the band Flappityback, Plays on as we roam; Ridge he calls for hands four; So we can swing round the floor. With the tunes Flappityback, Playing like a poem; The dancers give high five; Contras makes them feel alive. With Ridge and Flappityback, Gee, they wrote the tome; Sat., 12/19: Dave Rupp & Dr. Twamley s Audio Snakes HOLIDAY PARTY after the dance at Doug and Brian s home. Directions will be at the dance. Mike Rovine fiddle; Jill Smith piano; Henry Koretzky - guitar, mandolin Contras Ladies and Gentlemen, step right up and get your bottle of Dr. Twamley s Audio Snake Oil! There is no sore it will not heal, no tune it will not play. Act now and we ll throw in Dr. Rupp s toe tapping tonic. Together they will cure all your contra ailments: Beckets not progressing? Dr. T s will get you down the hall. Hair falling out? one gulp of Dr. Rupp s will help you rogaine your strength. Knock-kneed and knickers in a twist? Together they will have you dancing like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers at the same time! How much would you pay for these elixirs of life? $100? $500? Tonight they are yours for the paltry sum of ten dollars! Thurs., 12/31: New Year s Dance Nils Fredland and Rumblestrip Nat Hewitt fiddle, guitar; Liza Constable guitar, vocals; Glen Loeper mandolin, banjo, percussion Contras and Squares See page 7 for details. Non-dancing children must be supervised at all times. Contra and Square Dancing to Live Music. All dances taught. No partner necessary. Beginner s workshop, 7:30pm; dance at 8pm. $10, $5 with student I.D. Soft soles only. First Presbyterian Church of East Hanover Parish House 14 Hanover Road, East Hanover, NJ From I-287 northbound or southbound: Exit 39, travel East on Route 10 for approx. 3.5 miles. Exit by the Ford dealership ( To River Road/Okner Pkway ) onto Mount Pleasant Ave. Tight at the second light onto Hanover Rd. then immediate left into the parking lot of the Parish House. From I-78: Exit 48 (Route 24 West) to Exit 2B, Route 510 East/Florham Park. Go 1.9 miles and turn left onto Hanover Rd. Turn right into the parking lot of the Parish House just before the road ends at Mount Pleasant Ave. Additional directions are on our website. (973) or (973) TERN ON THE NET! find us at dance.folkproject.org Presented by the Folk Project 15

3 Steve Holland & Root Mean Square Feets Don t Fail Me Now! Blue Ribbon Cloggers: Meets in Pluckemin, Tuesdays, 7pm. Call Paula Fromen (908) or Heidi Rusch (908) for info. Center Contra: Gender-role free contra dance in NYC. LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St., Room 301, 7:30pm. Usually 2nd Fri. Open to all. (971) , (347) , or or AmericanFolkDanceNYC@yahoo.com Country Dance*New York: dances every Saturday, English country dance every Tuesday, at the Church of the Village, 201 West 13th St. and 7th Ave., NYC. Soft soled shoes only. (212) ; Contras 11/7, 21, 28; English Country 11/3, 10, 17, & 24 Lambertville Country Dancers: Soft soled shoes only! Contra/English country. Info: (609) or Maplewood International Dancers: New location: Recreation House, 124 Dunnellen Rd., Maplewood. Mondays 7:30pm, $5. Beginners welcome, partner not necessary, refreshments served. Days (908) , eves (973) Morristown International Dancers: Wednesdays, Mountain Lakes Comm. Church, 48 Briarcliff Rd, 8:30pm, 7:30pm beginners. $4 member/$5 non-member (973) or (973) , North Jersey English Country Dancers: 2nd & 4th Sundays, 2 5 pm, Unitarian Society, 113 Cottage Pl., Ridgewood. $8 members, $10 non. (201) or (201) /13: Mary Jones; 12/27: Tom Arnesse Palisades Folk Dancers: Twice a month on Sundays, 3pm, Church of the Atonement, Engle St. & Highland Ave., Tenafly. GinnyandHallB@cs.com. Philly Family Folk Dances: Memorial Church of the Good Shepherd, 3820 The Oak Rd, East Falls, PA. 2nd Sundays, 2-4:30pm (215) Princeton Folk Dance Group: 7:30pm, Riverside School, Riverside Drive, Princeton. Tuesdays (except school closings) (609) Princeton Folk Dancers: 8pm Fridays, Susan Patterson Center, Stockton St. & Monument Dr. (behind Borough Hall), Princeton, Princeton Country Dancers: Suzanne Patterson Center, Borough Hall, Princeton, Wed. (and some Saturdays) 8pm, beginners 7:40. Pickup band musicians welcome. Usually $6. (609) or (609) , pcdinfo@aol.com. Band info only: (609) or srl@mail.princeton.edu performerlisting at Special Community Dance, PCD English Country Dance series: Dance 8-11, intro/basics at 7:30. $8 ($4 seniors & students). Call for info. Scandinavian Folk Dancing: Bound Brook. Alt. Thursdays, See skandinoje.org for info. Swingin Tern: Sat., 12/5: Ridge Kennedy, Flappityback; Sat., 12/19: Dave Rupp, Dr. Twamley s Audio Snakes; Thurs., 12/31: New Year s Eve Dance: Nils Fredland & Rumblstrip Valley Contra Dance Society: 7pm, 2nd and 4th Saturdays, UU Church of The Lehigh Valley, 424 Center Street, Bethlehem, PA. $9/$5 students. (610) More on dancing at the Country Dance and Song Society 14 Members Gigs & Friends Russ Kelner: Fri., 12/4: with Wayne Mandoline Orchstra, Atrium, Wayne; Sat., 12/19: Fri., 12/4: with Wayne Mandoline Orchstra, Care One, Wayne; Jim King: Sat 12/5: 2pm & 7pm; Sun 12/6 2pm: Performing Radio play It s a Wonderful Life with Hunterdon Radio Theatre. Solitude House Museum 7 River Rd, High Bridge. Reservations suggested (908) ; Sun 12/13: 3:pm, performing with Hunterdon Choral Union, Hunterdon Symphony A Christmas Garland, What Child is This?, The Awakening, Hallelujah, Amen. J.P.Case Middle School, Flemington, (908) Stasa Morgan-Appel with SpiralSong Vocal Ensemble: 12/20: 7 pm. The 13th Annual Winter Solstice Celebration, Pebble Hill Interfaith Church, 320 Edison-Furlong Road, Doylestown, PA. potluck dessert following. (609) Odarka Stockert: Every Sunday, Celtic Harp Music at Cafe Monet, 6pm, 309 Millburn Ave., Millburn. Reservations recommended; Sun., 12/6: Celtic Harp for a Winter's Day at Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, 4:30pm, Madison. Pre-registration recommended, (973) BANJO FOR SALE: Fender FB-54 5 string Banjo and TKL hardshell banjo case. Both like new. Banjo has mahogany resonator and neck, 27.4" scale, aluminum rim, rosewood fingerboard with pearloid inlay and chrome covered tuners. $390 for both. Only sold together. Pick up or local delivery only; Kinnelon area. Call (973) Horses Sing None of It! Is a folksy non-commercial public access TV series featuring a surprising variety of guest performers, hosted by Ralph Litwin. All types of (mainly acoustic) music, storytellers, dancers, others. Schedule available at the Folk Project web page. Seen on: Cablevision Morris area, Sundays 7:300pm ch. 21; Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN), New York City, Thursdays 2:30pm on Time/Warner Cable ch. 34 and on RCN Cable ch. 82; also broadcast via streaming video on the web at (popup players 34/82 http mms); Comcast (formerly Patriot Media/Somerset, NJ) Fridays 3:30pm, ch. 280; Comcast Cablevision of Northwest NJ, Mondays 3:30pm ch. 21; Service Electric Cable TV Allentown, PA, Thursdays 9:30pm ch. 50; Staten Island Community TV (SICTV) Saturdays 6pm, ch. 34; Fargo Access ( on Cable One Fridays 6:30pm & Mondays 3:00pm Ch. 12 in Fargo, ND; LVTV-3, Adelphia Cable, La Verne, CA at Fridays 6:00pm 3

4 4 All Venues That s Fit To Print Albert Hall/Sounds of the NJ Pines: Country/bluegrass/folk every Saturday. 125 Wells Mills Rd. (Route 532), Waretown. (609) or Acoustic Café: Our Lady of Mercy Church, 2 Fremont Ave, Park Ridge, NJ, 8pm, (201) , coming Jan. 23: Loretta Hagan, Dave McKeon Bluegrass & Old Time Music Assoc. (BOTMA): Every 3rd Sun. from Sept. thru May, Embury United Methodist Church Hall, 49 Church St., Little Silver, NJ. 1-5pm. $4 for BOTMA members / $5 for non-members. Info : Borderline Folk Music House Club: New City Ambulance Corps Bldg, 200 Congers Rd., New City, NY. 2pm, Info: (845) , coming January 10: Arlon Bennet Brennen Coffee House: Justice William Brennan Court House, 583 Newark Ave., Jersey City. Show starts 7pm, evening concludes w/ open mike. (800) , Café Z: Third Saturdays: open mic, 7pm concert. $5 inc. refreshments, Zion Lutheran Church, corner of Elm and Esterbrook Aves., Rahway. (732) ; Sat., 11/19: Open Mike Extravaganza City Grind: Open Mic Night, every other Friday at 8 pm, 11 North Avenue East, Cranford. or JosephStriderCGCH@hotmail.com. Chantey Sing: Seamen s Church Institute, 241 Water St., 2nd fl., NYC 8pm. Coffee With Conscience: 1st United Methodist Church of Westfield, 1 E. Broad St. 8pm info , Concerts4Causes@aol.com; Sat., 12/12: The Bobs Community Theater at Mayo Center for Performing Arts: 100 South St., Morristown, NJ, for tickets/info call , shows at 8pm Crossroads Coffeehouse: 8pm, Crossroads Community Church, 104 Bartley Rd., Flanders. (973) or (908) ; Delaware River Folksong Fellowship: Song circle the 2nd Sunday at the Friends Meeting House in Mount Holly, NJ, Dublin House: Irish Session, 1st & 3rd Sundays, 6-9pm, Dublin House, Monmouth St., RedBank Dull Music: 7pm, Rutherford Congregational Church, Union and Rutherford Avenues, Rutherford. Folk Friday in Maplewood: Informal 2nd Fri. sing-along with Lucky, Dusty, Rusty & Tio Pete. Starts 7:30pm, hosted by Lisa Novemsky. Ethical Culture Center, 516 Prospect St., Maplewood. Call (973) to confirm date, for directions; Godfrey Daniels: 7 E. 4th St., Bethlehem, PA (610) , Good Coffeehouse: 53 Prospect Park W. at 2nd St., Park Slope, Brooklyn, doors open at 7:30, music at 8pm, (718) or 12/4: Stefan Grossman Traveling Troubadour Concert Series The Hillside Cafe Coffee House: 45 Hillside Crescent, Nutley. Doors open at 7:30, show at 8pm. (973) or jrlds@comcast.net, Sun., 12/20: Music for Advent and Christmas with doorjam 4pm, free-will offering Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club: Fair Lawn Community Center, th St., Fair Lawn 8pm. (201) Sat., 12/5: Buskin & Batteau GOOD OF THE ORDER/COMMUNITY NEWS This is a place to share news about memorable events and challenges you have faced in the past month with your Folk Project Community. Please send items to Eddie Roffman, eroffman@optonline.net. Alan Kugel has been working hard with Cecelia Rowedder, helping to get her house ready for the November FP Evening of Music. Kathy Haynie wasn t able to attend the November EOM, because she was busy directing Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory for the Sourland Hills Actors Guild, in Princeton. Pam Robinson and Bob Safranek are having a great time watching their new kittens grow. They showed off their new cat wall while hosting the November FP board meeting. Sandie Reilly just participated in a 52 mile ride with her new race team. It was 26 miles uphill, followed by a 26 mile time trial. She finished only one minute behind the NJ state women s champion. Elizabeth Lachowicz recently visited son Thomas at Missouri Military Academy; his teachers all had great reports. When she took Thomas out for dinner, Thomas picked up the tip! Jean Scully missed the Fall Festival, to attend the wedding of a young couple she has been helping to find a house. She gives a rave review of the recent NJ Shakespeare Festival production of Hamlet. Siobhan s marching band finished 4th place in the Northeast. FP president Mark Schaffer has been teaching Siobhan to drive. Many FP members have remarked on Connor Dugan Leszczuk s performance as a fiddler in the current NJ Shakespeare Festival production of the Grapes of Wrath. He was outstanding! Andy Koenig had a great performance at the recent Electronic Music Festival. He enjoyed sharing the stage with longtime FP member Don Slepian. He s currently very busy preparing for a raft of concerts in November. Mark and Robin Schaffer just came back from a visit to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They spent the entire day! Mark recommends it on three levels: as a musician, as a Folkie, and as a fan! Minutes (cont d) This is an interesting idea. It was referred for discussion between the respective Committees. Special Concerts: Pam s reports on the John McCutcheon concert on Nov 7 is that paid attendance was a disappointing 126. We sold lots of John s CDs. We took in 5 new memberships and sold a good amount of Folk Project merchandise as well. Artistically we had a grand success. (Rick said, I laughed; I cried; I fell in love all over again! ) Upcoming in 2010: Tern Swings! on January 30; Michael Manring on February 4. Fellowships: Jim Gartner will take the place of Jim West who will be retiring from the Board, and hence from the Committee. Festival: Lori notes that the final numbers for the Fall '09 festival are in and, minus the Agranoff endowment, we have a $501 loss for the festival. That includes over $600 in capital expenditures on sound equipment and first-aid kits. If you include the double Agranoff endowment, since we did not take one for spring, we cover the loss and end up about $1300 to the black. No matter how you wish to view it, we did well with the fall festival and are in the black for the year. My heartfelt thanks to all who helped us achieve this success. We are starting to work on the Spring '10 festival. One of our main tasks we will be focusing on how to increase attendance at our dances. Good of the Order is reported in the newsletter. Talk to Eddie if you ve had or know about someone who s had a significant event in their lives recently. Adjournment: was at 10:20 PM. The December Membership meeting will be at the Chimney Rock Inn. The next meeting after that will be on Jan. 5 at Ruth s house in Bedminster. 13

5 Folk Project Board Meeting November, 2009: Board Meeting: The Summary At the home of Bob & Pam, Nove. 10, The meeting was called to order at 8:03pm by President Mark Schaffer. Introduction of a guest: We welcomed Alison Mazie, who attended the meeting at Mike s invitation. She is interested in possibly joining the Board. Acceptance of the minutes: the minutes of October were accepted with one ed correction. Treasurer s Report: Eddie reported that all is well. Mike asked that, while the main figures such as current account balances, etc are available in the e-reports, he would also like to see them highlighted in the main report, just to make them easier to locate. Andy felt after a year of experience with the job, that there was not enough work for the Finance Committee to justify its continued existence as a separate Board Committee. He requested that the duties of the Finance Committee be folded into the Treasurer s Office. There was general agreement, and applause for Andy for a job well done! This recommendation is reflected in the Nomination Committee s report. Key Dates: The annual meeting will be held at the Chimney Rock Inn, 342 Valley Rd, Gillette, upstairs room. Time is 6:30pm for dinner, 8pm for the Annual Meeting. Attendees will pay $15 each; the FP will pick up the rest (you don t have to pay if you re just coming to the meeting). RSVP to the Mayor of Music Town, Mark Schaffer, president@folkproject.org or call See the announcement elsewhere in the newsletter. OLD BUSINESS: Nominations Committee: The committee s slate of Trustees and Officers for 2010, and their recommendations for Committee Chairs are reported elsewhere in the newsletter. Worker s Comp: Following the recommendation of our pro-bono attorneys, it was moved and passed (16 for, 2against, 1 abstention) to empower Ed, as Treasurer, to purchase Workers Compensation Insurance for the Folk Project. NEW BUSINESS: Reprint Folk Project Business Cards: A motion was passed to authorize Pam to have new FP business cards printed up with a limit on expenses of $500. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Web&Publicity: Mark is learning to do some of the technical stuff. He s got expert help from Cathy Thomas, Barb Moo, and others. The target date for cutover to the new web site is still December 31, 2009, but it s running late. Pam reports that we have our first Corporate Member, Boyles Hotel Corp, who runs the Best Western of Morristown. Finance: Andy says we re still not back to where we were when we opened the account, but we re getting close. He reminds us that markets are volatile and may change. Minstrel: Mike reports that last month Sandie had decided to retire as Volunteer Chair but she s changed her mind and decided to stay on. Our core audience of regulars (the people who come to the Minstrel because it s the Minstrel) is shrinking. The answer is to continue booking first-rate acts who will bring their own audience some of whom may decide they like the place and become regulars. Volunteers: Sandie says she still needs volunteers. They have a new plan to make it easier to volunteer and easier for the Head Staff people to run the shows. Pam said she missed the old sign-up book that used to be available at the Minstrel so that people could see what jobs were available and sign up on the spot. Sandie responded that the new web-based procedures make that difficult. There was a short discussion of looking for high-tech ways to have the best of both worlds, but no conclusions. HSNOI: Ralph reports that the 6-piece bluegrass originals band from PA, Cabinet, scheduled for 6:45 on 10/5 called Sandie on her cell about 6:30 PM to say they were stuck in traffic in Scranton and would be late... "about 7:30 PM." Bill Griese, scheduled for the later taping, showed up about 7:00 so we taped his show first and finished up around 8:30. Then we tried calling the cell phone from which the band had called Sandie, but got no answer. By 9:15 we concluded that there wasn't enough time left to get a 5 or 6 piece band into the studio and set up before our 10:00 PM deadline to vacate the studio. Cabinet still has not contacted us to apologize or explain what happened to them, but according to their manager they are OK (not hurt in an accident or otherwise). Bill put on a great performance. Internal Affairs: Jean reports that the November Evening of Music will be at Cecilia Rowedder s house in Highland Park. The December Holiday party will be at Judy Hagan s house in Rockaway. Swingin Tern: Connie reports by that the two dances in October netted a little over $200. S n T are well ahead for the year, and according to Eddie's calculations are running about $70 in the black per dance after covering Folk Project overhead. They have decided to increase the caller and band fees. The Harvest Hoot is November 21. Other upcoming events are the New Years Eve dance, the January 2 Anniversary dance and Tern Swings on January 30. The NYE dance caller is Nils Fredland who is AMAZING. Connie reports that they need to drum up more volunteers for the regular dances. Joel wants to take a step back, so they need to recruit one or two others to do Head Staff. In order to recruit more dancers at Festival, they propose a dance only ticket for Festival at a reduced price. 12 MoFiddles/Menzel Violins: 4260 Town Center Way, Livingston, NJ, Bluegrass & Old Time Music Jam 1st Thursdays 7pm, RSVP to (973) or mo@mofiddles.com; Mountainside Library Folk Music Cafe: or (908) Music at the Mission: West Milford Presbyterian Church, 1452 Union Valley Rd., West Milford, (973) , Sat., 12/11: Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams Music on Main Street: United Methodist Church, 69 Main St., Woodbridge. All shows $20. 7:30pm. Wed., 11/18: Susan Werner & Cheryl Wheeler Outpost In The Burbs: at the Unitarian Church of Montclair, 67 Church St., Montclair (973) Doors open 7:30pm, concert at 8pm. Fri., 11/6: Willy Porter Trio, Luke Doucet: Fri., 11/13: Red Molly, Joe Crookston People s Voice Cafe: For info/locations, or (212) ; 12/5: Charlie King and Karen Brandow; 12/12: Phil Ochs Song Night; Pinewoods Folk Music Club: 444 W. 54th St., #7, New York, NY 10019, (718) , Sat., 11/21: Joanne Davis house concert; Sun., 11/21: The Washington Square Harp & Shamrock Orchestra sea music concert, 3pm, Seaport Museum South Street Seaport, 12 Fulton St. The Place: House Concerts, 3pm potluck, 4pm concert. RSVP to jamask8@comcast.net or (973) for info; Sun., 11/21: John Wort Hannom Princeton Folk Music Society: Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton, 8pm, (609) $15/Members $10/$3 kids under Fri., 12/18: Nowell Sing We Clear: Tony Barrand: John Roberts Andy Davis and Fred Breuning (advance tickets only) Sacred Harp Singings: Much info at 2nd Sun.: 2pm, St. Paul s Church, 199 Carroll St, Brooklyn. (718) ; 3rd Sun.: check for venue (except July & August): 2pm, Montclair Friends Mtg, Park & Gordonhurst. (973) ; 1st Sat. (except July/August): 3pm, Living Room, 154 Ludlow St., NYC Salem Roadhouse Café: Townley Presbyterian Cruch, 829 Salem Rd., Union. (908) , Sanctuary Concerts: The Presbyterian Church, 240 Southern Boulevard, Chatham. Most concerts 8pm, Sat., 12/5: The Boys of the Lough Celtic Christmas Second Saturdays Coffee House/Open Mic: Summit Unitarian Church, 4 Waldron Ave. Sign up at 7:30pm, shows at 8pm. If you are a singer/songwriter & would like to host one, call (908) , Concerts4Causes@aol.com; Skylands Native American Flute Circle meets at a home in Panther Valley. Info: Allan Johnson or ajflycasting@optonline.net Stony Brook Friends of Old Time Music Jam: Mannion s Pub & Restaurant, 140 West Main Street, Somerville. Starting around 7:30pm. (609) or visit 1st and 3rd Tuesdays each month The Uptown Coffeehouse: Soc. for Ethical Culture, 4450 Fieldston Rd., Bronx, NY, 5pm, $15/$3 kids <12. (718) ; Sun., 12/6: Antje Duvekot Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse: United Methodist Church, 250 Bryant Ave., White Plains, (914) , Sat., 11/14: Dave Rowe Trio Watchung Arts Center: 18 Sterling Road (on the Watchung Circle) Watchung, NJ, 8pm, (908) ; Sat., 12/5: Wishing Chair; 12/18: The Beacon Hill Jzz Band Lotsa Jams listed at 5

6 Join the Folk Project Cut out this handy dandy membership form and mail it, with your membership fee, to Pat Rolston, or 50 Wesley Place Box 120, Mount Tabor, NJ (973) Choose at least one: New Renew Doo be doo Name Address Home Tel. Work Tel. E mail 1: E mail 2: Do you play or sing music: [ ] For fun [ ] Occasionally perform in public [ ] Professionally or semi-professionally Basic Individual $20/year $ (You ll receive this personal monthly newsletter.) Supporting $25/year $ (Personal monthly newsletter PLUS our eternal gratitude) Family membership* $ (Additional family $3 each per year) Multiple Year Membership $ number of banjo-tossing years X type of membership. You do the math. DONATION to Folk Project (Tax deductible! We are also eligible for Corporate Matching Donations and banjos.) $ Total amount enclosed: $ NEW! Please check one: I d like to receive a print newsletter I d like to save trees and receive an Enewsletter Make your check payable to: The Folk Project *Family membership is one basic or supporting membership plus $3 for each additional family member/banjo. Please list the names of additional family members: Lake Wobegon... still coming to NJ! Garrison Keillor and A Prairie Home Companion will be broadcasting live on NPR from the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, in Newark, on Saturday, April 15, 2010 starting at 5:45pm. Tickets: GO-NJPAC ( ) or njpac.org 6 11

7 10 Come one, come all to the Folk Project's Annual General Membership Meeting and Board of Trustees Election Start the Holiday season off right, schmoozing with your fellow Follkies at our annual general meeting, which will take place on Tues. Dec. 1 at the Chimney Rock Inn, 6:30pm dinner/8pm meeting. In addition to catching up on all that's new with the Folk Project over the past year, we will also be electing three Trustees for three-year terms ( ), one Trustee to complete a one-year term (through 2010), and three new Officers, as well as confirming new Chairs for our Membership and Community Service Committee positions. The three Trustees whose terms expire Dec are Jim West, Ruth Wolfish and Scooter Ferguson. Jim West, after many, many years of service on the Folk Project Board, is stepping down from his Trustee position. Both Scooter and Ruth are willing to serve for another three years, through Stepping up, enthusiastically willing to become involved with the FP Board's activities, is Alison Mazie. Mark Schaffer, although stepping down as President (aka Mayor of Music Town ), will continue as both Publicity and WebMaster Chair. He is vacating his oneyear Trustee slot. Evelyn Maurer will take oer this position. Additional nominations for Trustee may also be made by any member during the meeting, prior to the election. All members attending the meeting may (and are encouraged to) vote for the Trustee positions. Continuing as Trustees through December 2010 are Jim King and Allen Kugel, and as Trustees through 2011 are Lois DeRitter, Jim Gartner and Brad Pryor. Outgoing Officers, completing their two-year, term-limited positions, are President Mark Schaffer, Vice President Evelyn Maurer, and Secretary Rick Thomas. The Officer Nominees for 2010 are: President: Scooter Ferguson, VP: Elizabeth Lachowicz, and Secretary: Chris Riemer. Eddie Roffman will continue for a second year as our Treasurer. Outgoing Committee Chairs are Membership: Pat Rolston and Community Service: Elizabeth Lachowicz. Filling those shoes will be Rick Thomas for Membership and Pat Brangs for Community Service. Rivka Willick will step down as Chair of Storytellers, but will continue to represent the group a little longer, until a new Chairperson is found. We are hoping to see you at the meeting and pre-meeting dinner on Dec. 1. If you plan to come early for the dinner and socializing, remember to RSVP. See page 1 for details. Attention Lovers & Lovers of Song! This year's Valentine s Extravaganza at the Minstrel on Fri., Feb. 12, 2010 will feature a performance by the Project's Minstrels of Love Chorus. We are now calling all singers to joing this legendary group no auditions, beginners welcome and all volunteers accepted. If you are interested in singing in a few short choral pieces at our annual Valentine s Show on 2/12/2010, please contact John Lamb by Dec. 15 at johnlamb@aol.com. is preferred; if you don't do , call (973) Leave a detailed message on the machine if nobody answers. Please tell him 1) Your name 2) What voice part you sing (soprano, alto, tenor or bass if you know. If you don't know, we will figure it out later). 3) Days and times from 1/2/2010 through 2/11/2010 that you would be available to rehearse. 4) What prior choral experience, if any, you have. 5) How to contact you. 6) Any questions you may have. 7) Optional bonus item: Any suggestions for songs that we should sing. There will be six scheduled rehearsals between 1/2 and 2/11, held at John's home in Randolph and lasting about two hours each. We would like everyone to come to the final rehearsal plus at least three of the other five. Rehearsal dates and times will be chosen based on your responses. If fewer than eight people with compatible schedules volunteer, there will be no Minstrels of Love this time around. Either way, all volunteers will be notified by 12/20/2009 as to what will happen and when. Storytellers Corner Interested in hearing stories or learning the art of telling? A great way to begin is by joining one of the many storytelling groups throughout the state. Meetings are open to listeners and storytellers of all levels of experience. Some groups conduct workshops that address aspects of storytelling or hone telling skills. Many meetings have swaps, where individuals share stories with other members. All groups have storytellers who are available for paid engagements. Check the Folk Project calendar for events and links. If you have any general questions about these groups or FP storytelling events, please send an to Storytelling@folkproject.org. Jersey Shore Storytellers Monmouth: Bob Schulman, rschul@comcast.net; (732) Garden State Storytelling League Mercer: Fred Quinn, Fquinn5986@aol.com; (902) New Jersey Storytelling Guild Essex: Ron O Reilly, rorechoes@stories-worthrepeating.com; (908) Princeton Storytelling Circle Greater Princeton Area: Maria LoBiondo, Marialob@msn.com; (609) New Jersey Storytellers Circle Bergen: Julie Della Torre, jdellatorr@aol.com; (201) Story Weavers Morris: Carol Titus, Carol.titus@yahoo.com (973) Voices From the Sand Southern NJ: Laura Kaighn, laurakaighn@comcast.net; (856)

8 FP Calendar: December /Tues. EVERY Tuesday: Northwest NJ Acoustic Jam, 7pm, Westside United Methodist Church, Hopatcong. (973) FP Board annual meeting: 7pm dinner (rsvp required, 8pm meeting, Chimney Rock Inn, Gillette 2/Wed. EVERY Wednesday, Straight Morning Drive, featuring Straight Drive 15 minutes after the 7:30am station break. 6 9am, WDVR-FM and EVERY Wed.: Morristown Int l Dancers, 7:30pm, Mountain Lakes. (973) EVERY Wednesday: Princeton Country Dancers, 8pm, Suzanne Patterson center, Princeton. (609) , EVERY Wednesday: Down Jersey with Jim Albertson, 7:30pm, WSNJ am1240, am1440 and 3/Thurs. Alternate Thursdays: Scandinavian couple dancing, 7:30 pm, Bound Brook. See skandinoje.org for dates/info. 4/Fri. Minstrel: Chorus Song Night featuring Jean Rohe, Phil Shapiro & Carrie Shore, Mike Agranoff Russ Kelner with Wayne Mandolin Orchestra, The Atrium, Wayne 5/Sat. Swingin Tern: Ridge Kennedy & Flappityback EVERY Saturday: CD*NY: Contra dances, 8pm. NYC. Sanctuary: The Boys of the Lough Celtic Christmas, 8pm, Chatham. Watchung Arts Center: Wishing Chair, 8pm, Watchung. (908) Jim King/Hunterdon Radio Theatre It s a Wonderful Life,: 2pm & 7pm; Rreservations suggested. High Bridge (908) Hurdy Gurdy: Buskin & Batteau, 8pm, Paramus. (201) /Sun. EVERY Sun.: Music You Can t Hear On The Radio, 7pm, WPRB 103.3FM; EVERY Sun.: 6pm, Odarka Stockert, Celtic harp, Cafe Monet, Millburn, (973) EVERY first & third Sunday: Open Irish session, 6pm, Dublin House, Red Bank. Odarka Stockert, Celtic Harp for a Winter's Day, Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, Madison. (973) Jim King/Hunterdon Radio Theatre It s a Wonderful Life,: 2pm, reservations suggested. High Bridge (908) Uptown Coffeehouse: Antje Duvekot, 5pm, the Bronx. 7/Mon. EVERY Monday: Maplewood International Dancers, 7:30pm. New location: Recreation House, 124 Dunnellen Road. (973) EVERY 1st & 3rd Tuesday: Stony Brook Friends of Old Time Music Jam, 7:30pm, 8 Mannion s Somerville. EVERY Monday: Odarka Stockert plays Celtic harp, 6pm, Cafe Monet, Millburn. 10/Thurs. NJ Songwriters Circle, 7pm, Dave Kleiner s. (973) , daveythek@aol.com 11/Fri. Minstrel: Open Stage Music at the Mission: Gandalph Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams, 8pm, West Milford. 12/Sat. Folk Project Holiday Party: hosted by Judy Hagan and Ken Galipeau, 37 Valley View Drive, Rockaway. (973) Pot luck. No shoes in the house, please. Coffe with Conscience: The Bobs, 8pm, Westfield. 13/Sun. Sacred Harp Singing, 2pm, Brooklyn. (718) Jim King performing with Hunterdon Choral Union, Hunterdon Symphony. J.P.Case Middle School. A Christmas Garland, What Child is This?, The Awakening, Hallelujah, Amen. Flemington. (908) North Jersey English Country Dancers, 2pm, Ridgewood. (201) /Wed. Newsletter deadline. Send stuff to newsletter@folkproject.org 18/Fri. Minstrel: Closed Princeton FMS: Nowell Sing We Clear: Tony Barrand: John Roberts Andy Davis and Fred Breuning, 8:15pm, Princeton. (609) advance ticket sale only Watchung Arts Center: The Beacon Hill Jazz Band, 8pm, Watchung. (908) /Sat. Swingin Tern: Dave Rupp & Dr. Twamley s Audio Snakes Russ Kelner with Wayne Mandolin Orchestra, Care One, Wayne Café Z: Open Mike Extravaganza, 7pm, Rahway. (732) /Sun. Hillside Cafe: Music for Advent and Christmas with doorjam, 4pm, Nutley. (973) Sacred Harp Singing, 1pm, Manhattan (check or venue), NYC, (212) /Fri. Minstrel: Closed 27/Sun. Sacred Harp Sing, 2pm, Montclair Friends Meeting. (973) (better check if it s happening due to holidays) North Jersey English Country Dancers, 2pm, Ridgewood. (201) /Thurs. Swingin Tern New Year s Dance: Nils Fredland & Rumblestrip Jan. 1, 2010: Minstrel: Closed 9